Today sees the official worldwide release of the The Anthropocene Extinction, the long-anticipated new full-length from San Diego deathgrind unit, CATTLE DECAPITATION. Produced by Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Cephalic Carnage) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, The Anthropocene Extinction serves as CATTLE DECAPITATION‘s most sonically and thematically engrossing record of their maniacal discography.
Earning mass praise from critics globally, in a 9/10 review Exclaim calls The Anthropocene Extinction, “another stroke of genius by one of the best heavy bands of all time,” Decibel Magazine commends, “abundant hooks, extremity meeting musicality, a diverse vocal performance, an almost surprisingly bittersweet tone, and hairpin temp shifts,” adding, “there’s always been a fine line between extremity and listenability and CATTLE DECAPITATION have marvelously tiptoed that line again… their command of craft has never been better,” in a 4.25/5 rating Sputnik Music applauds a, “monolith of maturity,” that captures, “the dark nature of the theme with cutthroat brutality, malicious vibes and sharp complexity, adding up to what would most certainly be the most engaging if not best death metal album of the year,” while Metal Injection champions, “pure true death metal at its finest.”
Elsewhere the sentiment echoes. In a lengthy investigation of the offering, No Clean Singing concludes, “The Anthropocene Extinction is a furious blast of noise that takes absolutely no prisoners. It not only pounds its listeners into pulp, it also seems to be pounding its own concept of music as well… another impressive album that serves its listeners music in the form of fiery annihilation and will leave them looking like the corpse on the album’s cover,” Knac.com christens The Anthropocene Extinction, “one ferocious beast that is easily the best death metal of the year,” Metal Hammer issues in a 9/10 rating, “CATTLE DECAPITATION have taken a big risk, tried something new, and done something brilliantly horrific in the process. Awesomely fun and catchy, yes, but still viciously upsetting,” while Dead Rhetoric, in a 9.5/10 assessment, hails a record that, “reworks their best qualities in ways that allow them to blossom in fiendish and darker dimensions. Crushing from start to finish; what you may not expect is how frequently the music will embed itself into your earholes. Continuing to raise the bar for extreme music, The Anthropocene Extinction is a certain highlight of 2015 so far and not to be missed.”
CATTLE DECAPITATION recently confirmed a North American headlining tour this Fall. The journey is slated to embark on September 19th and run through October 7th with additional dates to be announced in the coming weeks. Support will be provided by Australian grind miscreants, King Parrot, Pennsylvania progressive death metallers, Black Crown Initiate, and Florida metal assault, Dark Sermon. The tour follows the band’s appearance on this year’s edition of the Summer Slaughter tour currently underway. See all confirmed CATTLE DECAPITATION live dates below.
CATTLE DECAPITATION on The Summer Slaughter Tour w/ Arch Enemy, Born Of Osiris, Veil Of Maya, The Acacia Strain, Obscura, Beyond Creation [remaining dates]:
8/07/2015 Heavy MTL* – Montreal, QC
8/08/2015 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
8/09/2015 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
8/10/2015 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY **
8/12/2015 Webster Hall – New York, NY w/ The All Stars Tour
8/13/2015 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
8/14/2015 Gwar-B-Q Fest – Richmond, VA
8/15/2015 The International – Knoxville, TN
8/16/2015 Siberia – New Orleans, LA ** [info]
8/17/2015 Gas Monkey Live! – Dallas, TX
8/18/2015 Empire Control Room & Garage – Austin, TX
8/19/2015 Tricky Fall’s – El Paso, TX **
8/20/2015 The Marquee – Tempe, AZ
8/21/2015 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
8/22/2015 City National Grove Of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
8/23/2015 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
8/24/2015 Regent Theater – Los Angeles, CA
** CATTLE DECAPITATION headlining show w/ Beyond Creation
CATTLE DECAPITATION Headlining Tour
The North American Extinction Tour 2015
w/ King Parrot, Black Crown Initiate, Dark Sermon:
9/15/2015 Boardwalk – Sacramento, CA
9/16/2015 Analog – Portland, OR
9/17/2015 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
9/18/2015 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
9/19/2015 Level – Kelowna, BC
9/20/2015 Nite Owl – Calgary, AB
9/21/2015 Starlite – Edmonton, AB
9/22/2015 Exchange – Regina, SK
9/23/2015 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB
9/24/2015 Q & Z Center – Ringle, WI
9/25/2015 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
9/26/2015 Mac’s – Lansing, MI
9/27/2015 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
9/28/2015 Mavericks – Ottawa, ON
9/29/2015 L’Anti – Quebec City, QC
10/1/2015 Club Metronome – Burlington, VT
10/7/2015 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
More dates to be announced soon.
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.twitter.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
